Sharon
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senior director of accounting
Struggling in role
Sharon is a Senior Director of Accounting at a company of 6000 employees. She manages a team of 12 Accountants – some of whom are experienced and others who are more junior. She’s been in this role for 18 months after being a promoted as she was a successful individual contributor/ performer at the organization. Her team isn’t engaged and their work hasn’t been good. They’ve missed deadlines and projections have been off. She has been working 50+ hour per week in order to double check the work of her team and is close to burning out. The team hasn’t gelled, and her manager is upset with the results coming from the team.
SHARON’S MOTIVATION
Sharon is struggling in her current role and wants to improve. She manages a team of individuals who are not engaged, and they haven’t been successful in meeting deadline and creating results. Her manager has told her that she is following the right protocol, but it doesn’t seem to be resulting in any change.
SHARON’S GOALS
- Increase her performance as a people manager
- Understand and improve her leadership style
- Clarity on how to work smarter
- Identify ways that she can create a stronger team culture
- Increase her ability to understand others
- Inspire others
- Understand the needs of her team
BENEFITS TO SHARON
- Increase in her own performance as a manager and increase her satisfaction as she grows into this role
- Strategies on how to leverage her strengths to achieve her goals
- Clarity on how her Themes can set her up for success